South Windsor High School Lands On College Success List

SOUTH WINDSOR, CT - Forty-one high schools across the state have won the 2019 College Success Award by GreatSchools, a national nonprofit organization that provides information on educational opportunities to parents, according to a statement from Gov. Ned Lamont.

The award recognizes 1,722 schools across 25 states that have a successful track record of graduating students who later enroll in two or four-year college, are ready for college-level coursework, and persist on to their second year.

“I am determined to let businesses throughout the world know that if they are looking for a top-rated workforce that comes prepared with the skills needed to work in advanced, 21st century jobs, Connecticut is the place they want to establish a presence,” Lamont said in a statement. “Connecticut has the best public school teachers in the country who are fueling their passion for excellence into results for their students, and their efforts are showing results.”

“Congratulations to these Connecticut high schools for adopting the practices necessary to prepare their students to graduate, attend college and perform and achieve at the college level,” Connecticut State Department of Education (SDE) Commissioner Dianna Wentzell said in a statement.

The recent release of the results for the state’s Next Generation Accountability System for 2017-2018 showed that the number of students demonstrating college and career readiness increased for the second year in a row.

The system includes two indicators that measure students’ preparation for postsecondary and career readiness. One of these indicators evaluates whether students in grades 11 and 12 have participated in coursework during high school that prepares them for success in college and/or careers.

Another indicator evaluates whether students in grades 11 and 12 have attained benchmark scores on at least one of the most prevalent college/career readiness exams, according to the statement.

The system also evaluates the postsecondary entrance rate for all students based on the percentage of students in a graduating class who enrolled in a two or four-year postsecondary institution any time during the first year after high school graduation.

The high schools in Connecticut that have won the GreatSchools 2019 College Success Award include:

· Avon: Avon High School
· Berlin: Berlin High School
· Bethany-Orange-Woodbridge: Amity Regional High School
· Bolton: Bolton High School
· Brookfield: Brookfield High School
· Cheshire: Cheshire High School
· Darien: Darien High School
· East Hartford: Connecticut IB Academy
· East Lyme: East Lyme High School
· Fairfield: Fairfield Ludlowe High School
· Fairfield: Fairfield Warde High School
· Farmington: Farmington High School
· Glastonbury: Glastonbury High School
· Granby: Granby Memorial High School
· Greenwich: Greenwich High School
· Groton: Marine Science Magnet High School Of Southeastern Connecticut
· Guilford: Guilford High School
· Hartford: University High School of Science and Engineering
· Lyme-Old Lyme: Lyme-Old Lyme High School
· Madison: Daniel Hand High School
· Milford: Joseph A. Foran High School
· Monroe: Masuk High School
· New Canaan: New Canaan High School
· New Haven: Amistad High School
· North Haven: North Haven High School
· Old Saybrook: Old Saybrook Senior High School
· Redding: Joel Barlow High School
· Ridgefield: Ridgefield High School
· Rocky Hill: Rocky Hill High School
· Seymour: Seymour High School
· Simsbury: Simsbury High School
· South Windsor: South Windsor High School
· Stamford: The Academy Of Information Technology
· Trumbull: Trumbull High School
· Waterbury: Waterbury Arts Magnet School
· West Hartford: Conard High School
· West Hartford: Hall High School
· Weston: Weston High School
· Westport: Staples High School
· Wilton: Wilton High School
· Wolcott: Wolcott High School

More information on the GreatSchools College Success Awards can be found on the organization’s website.